Rate My Professor Zhila Bahman

Dr. Zhila Bahman serves as Unit Coordinator in the Academic Skills Office at the University of New England, Australia. She coordinates courses such as 'tUNEup Your Academic Writing – September 2025' and 'Academic Skills Office Resources,' available through the UNE myLearn platform. These self-enrolment units assist students in developing academic writing and study skills essential for university success.

Prior to her current role, Bahman was a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University, Clayton, Australia. In 2015 and 2016, she delivered workshops for graduate researchers on topics including how to write a literature review, PhD thesis structure, confirmation seminar oral practice, and academic writing. Participants could register via Monash's booking system, highlighting her contributions to enhancing communication and research skills among postgraduate students.

Bahman's research specializes in systemic functional linguistics, with a focus on the Persian language. Affiliated with the University of Sydney, she published 'Transitivity System and Process Types in Persian' in Linguistics and the Human Sciences (2011, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 3-36), analyzing transitivity systems and process types through the Cardiff Grammar model. She presented at the European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference (ESFLC) in 2019 and the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) conference in 2007 on language functions. In 2022, she acted as a reviewer for Frontiers in Psychology, listed with the University of New South Wales affiliation. As a doctorate holder and experienced professional, her work bridges linguistics research and academic skills teaching.